Max Baron, Senior Editor & Principal Analyst
For different reasons, two groups of computer and SoC designers are employing new techniques to obtain the best performance with the lowest power. Designers of mobile systems must increase performance at a faster pace than the relatively slow advance of battery technology. And designers of all types of systems must face the challenge of controlling device temperatures.
On Monday, October 9, In-Stat’s Microprocessor Forum will host the all-day seminar, "Maximum Performance, Minimum Power," presented by Max Baron, Microprocessor Report principal analyst. Baron’s new seminar will address the problems of performance, power consumption, and heat dissipation in both mobile and fixed systems. The seminar will examine these different types of designs, analyze the technology common to both, and explain the differences imposed by specific applications.
Baron's seminar will begin with an overview of the ways SoC and big-iron processor vendors use architecture, microarchitecture, software, and power management to attain high performance while achieving the best combination of power consumption, integration, and flexibility. Following the overview, ARC International, ARM, Cadence, CoWare, MOSAID, Nextreme Thermal Solutions and Texas Instruments will provide technical tutorials focused on design tools, homogenous multicore processors, systems using heterogeneous architectures based on accelerators, nanoengineered cooling of hot spots, and implementation aspects of embedded systems and desktop systems. The seminar will conclude with an analysis of several processor cores, chips, and SoCs. |
